The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2051
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
8:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1587
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.91° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.71° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.